fallback wastebasket

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

In Gaza visit, Qatari emir forges leading role

Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, right, and Gaza's Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyeh, left, arrive for the corner-stone laying ceremony for Hamad, a new residential neighborhood in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. The emir of Qatar received a hero's welcome in Gaza on Tuesday, becoming the first head of state to visit the Palestinian territory since the Islamist militant Hamas seized control there in 2007. (AP Photo/Mohammed Salem, Pool)

Qatar's First Lady Sheika Mozah bint Nasser al-Missned attends a welcome ceremony upon her arrival at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. The emir of Qatar entered the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, becoming the first head of state to visit the Palestinian territory since Islamist Hamas militants seized control there in 2007.(AP Photo/ Mohammed Abed, Pool)

Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, left, and Gaza's Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyeh, right, arrive for the corner-stone laying ceremony for Hamad, a new residential neighborhood in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. The emir of Qatar received a hero's welcome in Gaza on Tuesday, becoming the first head of state to visit the Palestinian territory since the Islamist militant Hamas seized control there in 2007. (AP Photo/Mohammed Salem, Pool)

Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, left, his wife Qatar's First Lady Sheika Mozah bint Nasser al-Missned, center, and Gaza's Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyeh, right, attend a the corner-stone laying ceremony for Hamad, a new residential neighborhood in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. The emir of Qatar received a hero's welcome in Gaza on Tuesday, becoming the first head of state to visit the Palestinian territory since the Islamist militant Hamas seized control there in 2007. (AP Photo/Mohammed Salem, Pool)

A Palestinian waves a Qatari flag as he and others wait on Gaza's main road for the convoy of the Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani to arrive in Gaza City, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. The emir of Qatar received a hero's welcome in Gaza on Tuesday, becoming the first head of state to visit the Palestinian territory since the Islamist militant Hamas seized control there in 2007. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) ? The emir of Qatar on Tuesday became the first head of state to visit the Gaza Strip since Hamas militants seized the territory five years ago, showering almost half a billion dollars and unprecedented political recognition on the Islamic militant group.

The landmark visit highlighted the tumultuous changes that have swept the region during the Arab Spring events over the past two years, pushing once-shunned Islamic movements to the forefront of Mideast politics. Qatar, an oil-rich Gulf state, has encouraged these changes by backing efforts for the ouster of secular regimes.

The emir, who has long sought a role in Palestinian politics, appeared to be seizing an opportunity created by Hamas' break in recent months with its ally Syria. In return for Tuesday's stamp of recognition, the emir may use his leverage to lure Hamas hardliners in Gaza away from their longtime patron Iran, the regional rival of Qatar and other Sunni Muslim-led states.

The arrival of Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani gave Hamas its biggest diplomatic victory yet since violently taking control of Gaza in June 2007 from forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Repeated attempts to reconcile, including a Qatari-brokered deal early this year, have failed. Abbas now governs in the West Bank.

The emir received a hero's welcome as he crossed through Gaza's southern border with Egypt. An honor guard greeted him, white and maroon Qatari flags flapped in the streets and a song called "Thank you, Qatar" played on the radio and on TV. Thousands of cheering and waving Palestinians lined the main road to Gaza City to greet the emir, who rolled down the window of his armored car to shake hands with dozens of people. Women on balconies threw flowers and rice on his convoy.

In a speech at Gaza's Islamic University, a Hamas stronghold, the emir called on the Palestinians to heal their bitter rift, saying a unified front is the only way to achieve statehood.

"Why are you staying divided? There are no peace negotiations (between Palestinian factions), and there is no clear strategy of resistance and liberation. Why shouldn't brothers sit together and reconcile?" he said.

Despite the conciliatory language, the emir's visit may have the opposite effect. Hamas hardliners in Gaza have resisted reconciliation, in part because they are reluctant to give up the mini-state they have created.

Though it is shunned internationally, Hamas now runs governmental ministries, armed security forces and border crossings. The emir's visit is likely to solidify Hamas' control and boost its confrontational approach toward Israel.

"Gaza is not alone, and Palestine occupies the hearts of Arabs," Hamas' prime minister, Ismail Haniyeh, jubilantly declared. "Your visit today officially announces the break of the economic blockade and political blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip by the forces of injustice."

Officials in the West Bank made clear their displeasure with the way the visit was handled. Abbas, who seeks a negotiated peace deal with Israel, has seen his popularity plunge because of a four-year standstill in peace efforts and a financial crisis that has left him unable to pay the salaries of tens of thousands of civil servants.

"If this is a one-time visit, we can tolerate it. But we are concerned that others will come and that will reinforce the split," said Yasser Abed Rabbo, an adviser to Abbas. "No one should deal with Gaza as a separate entity from the Palestinian territories and from the Palestinian Authority."

Israel also denounced the Qatari leader's visit. Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor accused the emir of favoring Hamas in the internal Palestinian conflict.

"This is more than strange, especially since Hamas is internationally recognized as a terror group," he said. "By hugging Hamas publicly, the emir of Qatar has thrown peace under the bus."

In Washington, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said the U.S. hoped "the opportunity was taken to make clear the importance of Palestinians and Israelis talking to each other. And we've been very clear about our concerns about Hamas," she said.

Qatar has long leveraged its energy riches to gain influence in the region. It also has shown tremendous flexibility in its foreign relations, cultivating an image as a bridge builder between religious and secular, and the Arab world and the West.

Qatar was at the forefront of supporting a NATO bombing campaign that helped oust former Libyan ruler Moammar Gadhafi. It also has helped arm Syrian rebels seeking to overturn President Bashar Assad's regime.

Amid the change, Qatar and other Sunni-led Gulf countries have moved aggressively to undercut the influence of Shiite Muslim-dominated Iran.

For years, Hamas relied heavily on Iran and Syria. The need became even stronger after the militant group seized Gaza in 2007, triggering an Israeli-Egyptian border blockade. Hamas became an international pariah because of its refusal to abandon its militant ideology. Syria hosted the Hamas leadership in exile, while Iran provided cash and weapons to Hamas.

However, the uprising against Assad has made it impossible to maintain that alliance. The revolt was led by fellow Sunnis, some with links to the Muslim Brotherhood, the regional organization that also spawned Hamas. Early this year, Hamas leaders left their Damascus headquarters. The organization's chief in exile, Khaled Mashaal, found a new home in Qatar.

Hamas leaders in Gaza, the group's stronghold, have been reluctant to cut ties with Iran unless a new benefactor steps up. Hamas needs millions of dollars in aid each year to continue running Gaza, an impoverished territory of 1.6 million. The emir's latest gifts may be the push that is needed.

Ahmed Yousef, a Hamas official in Gaza, said Hamas had no plans to cut ties with Iran and that Qatar had not conditioned its aid to that happening.

A Hamas lawmaker involved in the visit said the Qatari leader urged Hamas to reconcile with Abbas' forces and do everything possible to avoid violence with Israel. The lawmaker spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the visit with the media.

Although Hamas has largely refrained from attacking Israel since an Israeli military offensive four years ago, other militant groups remain active in Gaza. Early Tuesday, an Israeli soldier was seriously wounded in an explosion along the border fence with Gaza, and later in the day, militants fired several rockets and shells into Israel. Israel says it holds Hamas responsible for all attacks emanating from Gaza.

Late Tuesday an Israeli airstrike killed two Hamas men in Gaza, Palestinian health official Ashraf al-Kidra said. The Israeli military said in a statement that the target were men firing rockets. But the two men were wearing the uniforms of Hamas security officials who patrol the Gaza border to prevent rocket fire by other militant groups.

The emir launched a total of $400 million of projects, including plans to build new housing, a hospital and roads. Israel's blockade has prevented construction materials from entering Gaza, fueling a dire shortage of housing and schools. In order to get around the blockade, the materials will be shipped in through Egypt, which is now governed by a new Islamist government.

The emirate has made it clear that the money is not going into Hamas' coffers, but there is no doubt this will help revive flagging popular support for Hamas by generating thousands of jobs in the impoverished territory.

___

Mohammed Daraghmeh in Ramallah, West Bank, Karin Laub in Beirut, Brian Murphy in Dubai and Matthew Lee in Washington contributed to this report.

Associated Press

Source: http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/cae69a7523db45408eeb2b3a98c0c9c5/Article_2012-10-23-Palestinians-Qatar/id-061cf1672d9d4d43a5eab2d3316d0d33

playoffs empty nest nbc sports bengals vs texans nfl playoffs cincinnati bengals bengals

Former Olympian LaTanya Sheffield joins 49er track & field as ...

Former Olympian LaTanya Sheffield joins 49er track & field as assistant coach Sheffield will work with the sprinters, hurdlers and relays

Former Olympian LaTanya Sheffield has been named an assistant track & field coach at Long Beach State.

Oct. 22, 2012

LONG BEACH - LaTanya Sheffield, a former Olympian and American record holder, has been named an assistant track and field coach at Long Beach State, head coach Andy Sythe announced Monday. Sheffield will work with the sprinters, hurdlers and relays.

"I am very excited to have LaTanya Sheffield join our coaching staff," Sythe said. "She has many skills that will be important in the development of our men's and women's sprinters and hurdlers. Beyond her coaching abilities, her international experience and success along with her competitive nature will be drawn upon to elevate our program and achieve the high standards we have set. I see her motivational attitude as being just one more attribute that will help inspire a new generation of great sprinters and hurdlers at Long Beach State."

As an athlete, Sheffield was an Olympic finalist in the 400m hurdles at the 1988 Games in Seoul, South Korea, and represented the United States at the 1987 World Championships. She was also a two-time gold medalist at the Olympic Sports Festival (1987, 1993) and won a bronze medal at the 1987 Pan American Games.

Sheffield, who established an American record in the 400m hurdles in 1985, also excelled at San Diego State where she was a two-time All-American and 1985 NCAA Champion (400H). She was inducted into the SDSU Athletics' Hall of Fame in 1993.

Since 2007, Sheffield has served on the USA Track & Field Development Committee as the event chair for women's hurdles. She was also an assistant coach for USA Track & Field (2006-08, 2011), working with the sprints, hurdles and relays at the World Indoor Championships and the Pan American Games.

In addition, Sheffield was an assistant coach at Canyon del Oro High School and the head coach of the POPS Track Club in Tucson, Ariz. She helped lead Canyon del Oro's girls' team to two state championships, while the boys' squad had a pair of state runner-up finishes during her tenure. Sheffield also coached the 2012 ESPN High School Gatorade Player of the Year.

Under her tutelage, Sheffield saw a number of her POPS Track Club team members qualify for the Junior Olympic National Championships, including a 2011 champion in the 400 hurdles, a 2011 junior national record holder in the long jump and a 2010 finalist in the steeplechase.

Sheffield is also a professional motivational speaker and is the founder and president of Sports Extravaganza, Inc., a non-profit organization that focuses on fighting childhood obesity. She was named one of the 25 Most Influential People in Tucson in 2012. Sheffield has also been honored with the USATF Youth Division President's Award (2010), Sam Lacy Sports Pioneer Award (2010) and NAACP Community Service Recognition Award (2008).

Sheffield earned her bachelor's degree in sport management from the United States Sports Academy in 2011.

Track articles
Courtesy Long Beach State

Source: http://theconningtower.blogspot.com/2012/10/former-olympian-latanya-sheffield-joins.html

ketamine ground hogs day 2012 goundhog day punxsutawney facebook ipo facebook ipo egypt soccer riot

Agar Sunil ? Home Remodeling Raleigh ? Deciding Whether To ...

October 23rd, 2012 admin

One of the most important rooms in a house is the kitchen. This is where food for the entire family is prepared and sometimes, it also serves as a venue for meals. For this reason, it is important that you make your kitchen a priority when planning your home remodeling Raleigh project. Cabinets play a big part in beautifying a kitchen thus it is vital that you take some time to decide on the design before you start on the renovations. Kitchen cabinets can be painted or stained and the choice is entirely up to you but to make your selection process a whole lot easier, here are a few things that may help you.

First of all, you need to decide on the overall look and feel that you want to achieve for your kitchen. Nowadays, it is a trend for renovating homeowners to design their home according to a particular theme. When it comes to kitchens, country and contemporary themes make it at the top of the list of themes that are popular with people who are undergoing a home remodeling Raleigh NC project. Most people prefer to paint their cabinets because they have a lot of colors to choose from. However, they require a bit of maintenance because moisture can cause them to peel. Staining on the other hand, won?t require you to retouch until after a year or two but is perfect for kitchens that are following a country theme. Both offer other attractive benefits and it is best that you do a thorough research before making a decision so you don?t end up regretting it in the end.

Posted in Home Improvement
Tags: home remodeling Raleigh, home remodeling Raleigh NC

Source: http://www.agarsunil.org/home-remodeling-raleigh-deciding-whether-to-paint-or-stain-your-kitchen-cabinets

willie nelson penguins the band colton dixon houston weather dwyane wade the night they drove old dixie down

Who needs a blind trust? - Term Sheet - Fortune Finance

By Anne VanderMey

FORTUNE -- Tonight's presidential debate is meant to focus the candidates' attention on foreign policy, but don't be surprised if the subject of Gov. Mitt Romney's investments in Chinese companies comes up, as it did during a particularly heated moment during the Oct. 16 debate between the Republican candidate and President Barack Obama.

When the president questioned his rival's investments abroad, Gov. Romney responded essentially by invoking a concept that frequently comes up when wealthy men and women run for office?the blind trust.

In theory, blind trusts are a sweet deal. The perfect blend of legislative aloofness and financial savvy, the construct has been routing potential conflicts of interest for America's wealthy political elite since Lyndon B. Johnson. Almost every serious presidential candidate from Barack Obama to George Bush to Bill Clinton has had at least one blind trust at one point. When he became governor of Massachusetts in 2003, Romney set up two of them, for himself and his wife.

The advantages are clear: by giving up the right to personally manage their money, public officials can deflect any allegations of insider trading or crooked investments. It also allows a trustee to invest aggressively without facing lengthy disclosure procedures or risking political blowback.

But despite the perks and the recent press, only a few federal lawmakers actually have a blind trust. According to the Senate ethics committee, just 7 out of 100 U.S. Senators have gone through the approval process to set one up. In the House of Representatives, the percentage is even smaller. As of 2010, only 12 of the 435 members of the House had an official blind trust, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. And those numbers haven't changed much in the past decade.

Why so few takers? Blind trusts seem simple, but they're actually a complex and cumbersome financial instrument. Startup costs can easily run into the tens of thousands of dollars, says Kenneth A. Gross, an ethics lawyer at Skadden Arps who has helped candidates navigate the process, and they're generally a pain to create and maintain. Often, Gross says, with a blind trust, "You're just making your life much more complicated for no reason."

MORE: Goodbye, good jobs

For starters, not every blind trust is actually blind. Often, a wealthy person's blind trust might be described as at best slightly myopic. That can bring political repercussions.

Just ask Romney circa 1994. A much-circulated video of the candidate during his bid for Ted Kennedy's Senate seat shows Romney calling blind trusts an "age old ruse."

A politician can "give a blind trust rules" about where and how to invest, Romney said at the time, undermining its blindness.

Just as troublesome, once a blind trust is created, it's impossible for a legislator to forget what went into it. That caused problems in 2005, after Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist asked his trustee to sell some $10 million in shares of HCA ? the hospital company his family founded ? in a deal that closed days before the stock lost a tenth of its value. Somewhat ironically, Frist said that the reason he wanted to sell the shares was to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest. The Securities and Exchange Commission investigated the incident and opted not to press charges. Still, the political fallout was big, and it didn't matter that Frist's trusts were technically blind. It was clear that he knew management hadn't sold his entire stake in the company he helped build.

In Romney's case, much of his finances are tied up with private equity, mostly managed by his old colleagues at Bain Capital. Through no fault of his own, Romney likely has a pretty good idea of what's in those funds ? given that Bain's strategies are widely reported in the financial press.

The bottom line: "the public should not expect too much for the blind trust mechanism," says Robert L. Walker a lawyer at Wiley Rein LLP, who has been staff director of both the Senate and House ethics committees.

Even when a politician follows the rules perfectly, some trusts are less blind than others. While the statutes are essentially the same for the Senate, the House and the Executive Branch, they're enforced differently. On the state level, there's even greater disparity. Romney's money is managed by a Boston attorney, and he would likely need to create a new, stricter blind trust in order to comply with federal regulations if elected.

MORE: Romney betrays his business background

But besides the legal and political morass, perhaps the biggest deterrent is financial. Blind trusts are only really useful to a few politicians. And to be one of them, you must be really, really rich.

"Unless you've got just a bajillion dollars in the kinds of investment funds that require constant management," says Cleta Mitchell of law firm Foley & Lardner in D.C., and former campaign council to Rick Santorum. "Then really the cost of managing that is a lot."

Skadden Arps's Gross says that he typically advises businessmen and other wealthy candidates to consider plain vanilla investments like mutual funds or index funds. Notably, Obama went this route after his own early brushes with controversy. In 2007, the then-senator came under fire after his trust invested tens of thousands in donors' companies. His office said at the time that advisers had made the investments under the terms of a blind trust that had yet to be finalized, but the story still ran on the front page of The New York Times.

Some of the country's wealthiest politicians have eschewed blind trusts altogether. Bill and Hillary Clinton liquidated theirs and left the holdings in cash to avoid perceptions of conflict of interest when Hilary ran for office in 2008. California Representative Darrell Issa, Massachusetts Senator John Kerry, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi are other examples of extremely well-endowed legislators without blind trusts, though none of the three have portfolios bland enough to avoid occasionally pointed question from the press.

Candidates with vanilla holdings, says Gross, often "do just as well, and probably better," than those with closely managed trusts. Today's diversified index funds have more aggressive, riskier options, Gross says. That allows politicians to pursue serious investment growth without signing up for the hassle (and giant fees) that come with a blind trust.

Blind trusts do serve a purpose, though. For some candidates with assets that can't be easily liquidated, there are few other options. "It may be the only response that someone who has extremely complicated holdings can take," Wiley Rein's Walker says. That might be true in Mitt Romney's case, where a complex bundle of private equity holdings and his stake in Bain Capital would make it extremely difficult for him to simply put everything in Treasury bonds -- to say nothing of the tax implications of prematurely bailing on his investments.

That's not to say only a sophisticated investor can set up a blind trust. The option is open to anyone, and it's likely to become increasingly popular. With the passage of the Stock Act, which beefs up financial disclosure laws and explicitly bans insider trading, blind trusts may gain appeal for being both ethicist-approved and confidential.

There's even a book about it: Blind Trust, a thriller written by California Senator Barbara Boxer, follows a protagonist unjustly blamed for untoward financial dealings in a trust she didn't control. Boxer, who has one of her own, is also the chair of the Senate ethics committee, which regulates them. The moral of the story is one both Romney and Obama are familiar with by now: Handle blind trusts with care. Not only can politicians often discern their contents, so can the public.

Source: http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2012/10/22/blind-trust-mitt-romney/

john derbyshire kinkade thomas kinkade paintings easter bunny navy jet crash virginia beach isiah thomas passover

Do you really NEED financial advice? ? NewAgora

Let?s talk retirement.

?But I?m only 27! ?I don?t have to worry about that for a long time!? OR ?Retire? ?Bah! ?At the rate this country is going I?ll never be able to retire anyway!? ?These are the most common responses I receive from young people when retirement is brought up.

The first response is a half-truth. ?Young people don?t have any chance of?retiring?for a long time.

However, this response is actually an attempt to postpone dealing with the responsibility of self-reliance. ?Common sense dictates that the sooner young people enact a retirement plan, the more financial security they?ll have at retirement. (Generally speaking, we?ll take this to be a true statement.) For varied reasons, many persons who haven?t yet reached the age of 30 choose not to save for their impending retirement ? at their own peril.

The second response is the equivalent of the girl in that horror movie who closes her eyes as tightly as possible while her soon-to-be murderer takes those slow steps toward her, knife in hand. ?Does it really buy her peace of mind for her remaining few seconds? ?Not really. She just doesn?t have to see the killer coming. ?But in the financial world this side-step buys people false peace of mind, for a while.

For example, I recently sat down with two doctors, happily wed and working at the same hospital, together making approximately $300,000 annually. ?He said ?We?re going to retire in 3 years.? ?I performed an in-depth analysis for them, and had to tell this couple that despite the years they?ve spent at their jobs and their desire to finally be able to just sit back and rest, there was no way short of a windfall of cash that they would be able to retire within 3 years.

They were fine up until then ? they were happy and really didn?t have worries about retirement. ?They were able to ?close their eyes? for a short while. ?Their intent to retire, however, would force them to drastically change their lifestyle, likely sell their home of 30 years, and cut back on everything, including what they had once assumed they had available to assist with funding a college education for their grandchildren. ?All this effort, even if they did it for another 5 or 7 years (health permitting) would allow them to consider retiring, although not at the lifestyle they had assumed they would have.

You cannot neglect your financial status ? for your own sake and for your family?s sake. Taking responsibility for your own financial situation, taking control of your retirement, directing your own path is not an option which people have. ?It is something that one simply must do. ?There are no other viable options.

I am not going to knock on your door one day and tell you that I?m going to set your affairs in order for you so you won?t have to worry about it. ?No one will. You must do it yourself.

I know the prospect of preparing for retirement is daunting. ?Everywhere one looks, highly-compensated marketing departments of the world?s investment managers, broker-dealers, and investment?advisers?are coming out with campaigns aimed at you to get you to trust them above the others. They argue that their?advisers?truly care, that there is hope for financial?safety and that you will find this safety in following them.

But after experiencing these last two bear markets, when hopeful retirees saw dips of 30-50% or more in their retirement savings EACH time, you are likely inclined to think that it is hopeless. ?You figure they are all the same, out to make money for themselves, and you can do just as well by blindly selecting some funds from the options available in your 401(k), 403(b), or 457 plan, watching your spending, and hoping for the best.

But this cynicism is unwarranted. You would expect a mechanic who spends 8 hours each day fixing cars to become proficient at his craft ? which is why your bring him your car when it breaks. You go to your doctor when you don?t feel well because you trust that his experience spent practicing his profession has given him an aptitude which you cannot match, even with the encyclopedic knowledge of WebMD at your fingertips.

Why is planning for your retirement any different? ?Why is investment management and retirement planning something that anyone can do after talking it over with several friends (in various fields, none financial) and perusing some ?investing/planning made easy? websites? ?Investment is not magically different from other fields. In the investment world of today, it is more important than ever that you are choose to be advised by a competent professional who is well-versed in the jargon and concepts of the field.

Don?t ignore planning for retirement. ?If you are tempted to, just imagine yourself speaking to your future self at 65, telling yourself ?I do not value you highly enough to prepare for your needs and wants that you will have at this time in your life. You are on your own.? ?It is difficult to imagine anyone saying this to another person, but that is exactly what people say to?themselves?and their families when they do not take the steps necessary to properly prepare for their later years in life.

In my next post, I will be sharing with you some information which will help you find that trustworthy, competent financial professional who is worthy of your trust in his ability to help you provide for yourself and your loved ones not only now, but for many years to come.

-Doc Finance

Like this:

Be the first to like this.

Doc Finance is an Investment Advisor Representative with one of the largest Broker/Dealers in the United States. His focus is on bringing Wall Street knowledge and retirement-planning techniques to Main Street, for Middle and Low Income Families.

Source: http://newagora.me/2012/10/21/do-you-really-need-financial-advice/

luol deng culkin wooly mammoth no child left behind no child left behind neurofibromatosis steve jobs fbi file

Why Patients Are More Inclined To Use Homeopathic Remedies For ...

It is noticeable how, for patients with trigeminal neuralgia, homeopathic remedies seem to be the better choice. You only need to look at how many patients who are seeking a cure for their trigeminal neuralgia go out of the country and venture in far-flung places just to have homeopathic treatments. In the pursuit of the homeopathic treatment that works, they no longer heed the cost to them to go on these trips, whether it is monetary, time, or even their energy. We actually see people with trigeminal neuralgia leaving their western countries, and heading to the oriental countries which are known to be centers of excellence when it comes to homeopathic treatments. Of course there are patients who are not able to go on such journeys. Thus, they spend a lot of money to bring the homeopathic medicines that they require. But let us look into the many reasons why so many people prefer to take homeopathic treatments as a cure for their trigeminal neuralgia.

Now the first reason as to why homeopathic remedies for trigeminal neuralgia are usually so attractive to patients is to be found in the fact that these remedies actually seem to work. A lot of patients have had the experience of feeling disappointed as they tried treatment after medical treatment but still could not get rid of their trigeminal neuralgia. But when they decided to go for homeopathic treatments, there was a vast improvement until they have been eventually cured of their condition. Thus, they started sharing to everyone who would listen how they were able to battle ? and conquer ? their condition. As a result, others who are also suffering from the same illness are convinced that they, too, could find the solution that they are seeking in the same manner that the others have tried.

The second reason as to why homeopathic remedies for trigeminal neuralgia are usually so attractive to patients is in the fact that these remedies are, for the most part, safe. If you take a look at the homeopathic system of medicine, patients suffering from trigeminal neuralgia will find a number of oral medicines that they can take. In contrast, surgical procedures abound in conventional medicine, and these procedures are known to have a lot of risks involved even in cases other than trigeminal neuralgia. You can get pretty much the same benefits from the safe and noninvasive homeopathic treatments to that of the risky surgical procedures anyway. Naturally, anyone would prefer the safer procedure ? the noninvasive homeopathic therapies.

The third attraction that homeopathic treatments hold for patients with trigeminal neuralgia is the cost. They are more cost-effective than conventional medical methods. If you are going to make use of conventional medicine methods, there are two approaches that are applicable. In the first approach, you would be prescribed various medications. However, these are not going to cure the condition, for they will serve only to reduce the severity of the condition. The second approach is that of surgery: which can promise a more lasting solution to the problem. Take not that both approaches are bound to be expensive. Homeopathic remedies are, on the other hand, considered to be quite cost-effective (especially when one opts to take a long-term view of the whole thing). Getting a chance to consult the homeopathic medicine practitioners can be admittedly hard (and costly). However, if you get the simple prescriptions these practitioners provide, they are not at all complicated.

Source: http://www.autoayudablog.com/blog/attraction/why-patients-are-more-inclined-to-use-homeopathic-remedies-for-trigeminal-neuralgia

mark davis marine urination video hostess cadillac ats bain capital marines urinating haley barbour

Monday, October 22, 2012

Madonna's staged gunplay angers Denver crowd

Mario Anzuoni / Reuters

By Rolling Stone

Madonna left the gun play-heavy segment of her "MDNA" concert intact on Thursday night at Denver's Pepsi Center, upsetting some fans who say the pop star should have removed the section in light of the July movie theater shooting in nearby Aurora, Colo.

The AP reports that fans called into local TV stations after the show to air their grievances over the segement, in which the pop star wields a prop gun and pretends to shoot an imaginary criminal while images of blood splattering are displayed on a backdrop. The scene takes place during Madonna's performance of "Gang Bang," a song off MDNA that contains the lyrics, "shot my lover in the head."

Madonna: Fake guns, violence on "MDNA" tour are symbols

"We all just stood there. Everybody who was around me all had shock on their face," attendee Aaron Fransua noted. "I heard a lot of 'wows.'" Mile High Sports Radio Denver personality Peter Burns noticed a similar reaction while in another section. "You could see people kinda looking at each other," he said. "I heard the word 'Colorado,' you know, 'Aurora,' 'shooting.' You could hear people talking about it and it was little bit unsettling. I saw two or three people get up and grab their stuff and actually leave their seats."

Madonna's publicist, Liz Rosenberg, countered that to omit the segment was impossible because of its importance to the show. "It's like taking out the third act of?'Hamlet,'" said Rosenberg. "Madonna does not make things pretty and tie them up with a bow."

Madonna says "Black Muslim"?Obama comment was "ironic"

Madonna has come under frequent fire for using the gun props on her "MDNA" tour, particularly during a summer stop in Edinburgh, Scotland soon after the Aurora shooting, where authorities claimed the singer was asked to keep the segment out of the show. Madonna released a letter soon after explaining that the weapons were "metaphors" and that she did not "condone violence or the use of guns."

Al Smith Dinner Herman Melville Books American Horror Story msnbc Kyna Treacy x factor x factor